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Saturday Live: Alexandra Shulman

18/04/2020

Alexandra Shulman

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, Alexandra Shulman

Comedian Joe Lycett and longest-serving Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman.

Comedian Joe Lycett, former Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman and the Inheritance Tracks of jazz saxophonist Soweto Kinch.

Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Alexandra Shulman, former editor of Vogue, who produced the magazine for 25 years and has now published a book about her life at the top, the pressures she faced and her love of clothes.   
Comedian Joe Lycett explains why he legally changed his name to Hugo Boss and back again. Commercial pilot Kate Burrows shares her story of surviving a crash landing in the Irish Sea and how she went on to become a member of the Goldfish Club. Natural history TV director Benedict MacDonald reveals the lengths he goes to bring nature programmes to our screens and also his mission to re-wild the British Isles. 
Plus the Inheritance Tracks of jazz saxophonist Soweto Kinch who chooses Snake Hip Swing by Ken Snake Hips Johnson and Pf Fat by Steve Williamson Feat. Black Thought (the Roots). 

Producer: Steven Williams 
Editor: Eleanor Garland

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